Edward Holmes (architect)
Edward Holmes | |
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| Born | 1832 |
| Died | 1909 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | St Mary's Church, Selly Oak |
Edward Holmes (1832–1909) was a British architect from Birmingham, England.
Family[edit]
He was the son of Edward Holmes and Elisa Henrietta Roulet, christened on 7 September 1832 in St Mary's Church, Moseley. He was educated at Birmingham Free Grammar School.[1]
He married Mary Ann Briggs on 7 October 1856 at St Mary's Church, Moseley. Mary Ann was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Briggs. There were three children: Elizabeth Henriette Holmes (1857 - 1944), Edward Briggs Holmes (1858 - 1920) and Gertrude Fanny Holmes (1861-1938).
There is a brass plaque in St Mary's Church, Selly Oak to the memory of Mary Ann Holmes aged 31 years, wife of Edward Holmes (Architect of this Church) who died 5 November 1861 and is buried in the Family Vault at St Mary's Church, Moseley.
Holmes married Mary Lavinia Hemming on 27 May 1863 in Alvechurch. They had a further 11 children.
He was for many years architect to the King’s Norton School Board, and to King’s Norton District Council. For this and for the Aston and Handsworth Boards he designed a number of school buildings.[1]
He contracted pneumonia just before Christmas 1909 and died at Wyndcliffe, School Road, Moseley on 30 December 1909[2] and his funeral was held in Moseley parish church on 3 January 1910. Mary Lavinia died in 1921.
Buildings designed[edit]
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- Corn Exchange, High Street, Alcester 1857-58[3] (demolished)
- Lodge and twin mortuary chapels, Belper Cemetery. 1858
- Corporation Baths, Woodcock Street, Birmingham 1859-60[4]
- All Saints' Church, King's Heath with Frederick Preedy, 1860
- St Mary's Church, Selly Oak. 1861
- Moseley Independent Congregational chapel. 1862[5]
- St James' Church, Shirley. New roof. 1862.
- The Royal Sutton Hotel, Sutton Coldfield railway station 1864-65[6]
- Exchange Building, 1865. Enlarged 1877. Demolished 1965.[7]
- Immanuel Church, Broad Street, Birmingham. 1865
- Former Masonic Hall, Ethel Street, Birmingham, 1865-69[7]
- Masonic Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin 1867-68[8]
- Midland Bank, New Street, Birmingham. 1867-69 (now Apple retail store)[7]
- Former Medical Mission, River Street, Birmingham, 1880[7]
- Lady Chapel addition to St Paul's Church, Moseley Road, Balsall Heath. 1865.
- Freemasons' Hall, Grand Lodge of Ireland, Molesworth Street, Dublin. 1866.
- St John The Divine, Horninglow, Burton upon Trent. 1867
- St Mark's, Winshill, Burton-on-Trent, 1869
- Kings Norton Workhouse. 1870
- St Paul's Church, Dosthill. 1872
- George Wilkinson and Co, Ashted Steam Brewery, Ashted Row, Birmingham. 1874
- 37 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham. Date unknown.
- Chadwick Manor, Balsall, Solihull[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Death of Mr. Edward Holmes". Birmingham Mail. England. 31 December 1909. Retrieved 10 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Funeral of Mr. E Holmes". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 4 January 1910. Retrieved 6 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Alcester. Opening of the Corn Exchange". Worcestershire Chronicle. England. 13 January 1858. Retrieved 10 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Corporation Baths in Woodcock Street". Aris’s Birmingham Gazette. England. 1 September 1860. Retrieved 10 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 17 June 1862. p.2. 'New Independent Chapel at Moseley'
- ^ "The Sutton Hotel". Birmingham Daily Gazette. England. 18 May 1865. Retrieved 10 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham, Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5
- ^ "The Masonic Hall of Ireland". Saunder’s News-Letter. Ireland. 18 May 1868. Retrieved 10 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Birmingham Daily Post 21 April 1883
External links[edit]
- Irish Architecture site entry on Grand Masonic Hall
- Derwent Valley Mills entry on Belper Cemetery
- Institutions.org.uk entry on Kings Norton Workhouse
- Project Gutenberg entry on Showells' dictionary of Birmingham
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